Sarasvati

English

Learning, the Arts, Music, and river

Alternative forms

• Saraswati

Etymology

From Sanskrit सरस्वती (sárasvatī).

Proper noun

Sarasvati

1. The Hindu goddess of knowledge and the arts.
2. A legendary river in the Rigveda.
3. A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Translations

the Hindu goddess

• Burmese: သူရဿတီ (my) (sura.ssa.ti)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 辯才天女／辩才天女 (Biàncáitiānnǚ)

• Czech: Sarasvatí f
• Hindi: सरस्वती (hi) f (sarasvatī)
• Japanese: サラスヴァティー (Sarasubatī), 弁才天 (ja) (べんざいてん Benzaiten)
• Malayalam: സരസ്വതി (ml) (sarasvati)
• Sanskrit: सरस्वती (sa) f (sarasvatī)
• Telugu: సరస్వతీ (sarasvatī)
• Tibetan: དབྱངས་ཅན (dbyangs can), དབྱངས་ཅན་མ (dbyangs can ma), དབྱངས་ཅན་སྒྲོལ་མ (dbyangs can sgrol ma)
• Urdu: سرسوتی f

References

1. Puranic Encyclopedia: a comprehensive dictionary with special reference to the epic and Puranic literature, Vettam Mani, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1975, p. 695.

Further reading

• Sarasvati on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Saraswati River on Wikipedia.Wikipedia